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- From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:19:09 -0400
On Tue, 20 May 2008 06:13:30 -0500, you wrote:
>Is anyone using dogs for control of rabbits? How does one train a dog
>to kill the rabbits once the dog finds them? It seems as most of the
>dogs I have seen around rabbits just chase them around. The rabbits
>seem to have the upper hand.
>
I don't think you can train killing into a dog. They either have it or
they don't, I think.
We have two dogs - a rough collie (not a border collie, but like Lassie)
and a German shepherd-golden retriever mix.
The mixed-breed dog knows exactly how to kill a small animal with one quick
shake of her heard. She is *always* *always* on the alert for small
animals when she's outdoors. She has what is called 'a very high prey
drive'.
The collie is very fast - he's built almost like a greyhound, although
you'd never know it under that massive fur. He can run down any rabbit,
and catch it. Then the other dog kills it.
Pat
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[Market-farming] ground squirrels,
sarah wiederkehr, 05/19/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels,
Robert Farr, 05/19/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels, Bill Shoemaker, 05/19/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/19/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels,
Jason Jones, 05/19/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 05/19/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels,
Jason Jones, 05/19/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels,
Robin Follette, 05/20/2008
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[Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs,
Jason Jones, 05/20/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs, lucy Owsley, 05/20/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs, Robin Follette, 05/20/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs, Pat Meadows, 05/20/2008
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[Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs,
Jason Jones, 05/20/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] ground squirrels,
Robert Farr, 05/19/2008
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